Merit Scholarship Award By School of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, UK

Description
The School of Health Sciences is pleased to offer a number of merit scholarship grants to outstanding students who wish to study at the School from January 2013.

Eligibility
You may be an international student or you may be a UK / EU student wishing to study on a full-cost course. The following are the eligible courses for this scholarship fellowship:

• MSc Physiotherapy (pre registration); scholarships available for both home and overseas students.
• MSc Diagnostic Radiography; scholarships available for both home and overseas students.
• MSc Health Improvement Health Promotion; scholarships available for overseas students only.
• MSc Clinical Biomechanics and MSc Sports Biomechanics; scholarships available for overseas students only.

Application Procedure
You are required to complete the scholarship application form provided at the link below. You are also required to submit the following documents:

• A scanned transcript of your highest academic qualification;
• A scanned copy of your IELTS/TOEFL certificate or other English language qualification;
• A scanned copy of your University offer letter (or email if you have not received your letter).

Submission Deadline
30 November 2012

Website Link
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/areas-of-study/subjects/health-professions/scholarships/merit-scholarships-school-of-health-sciences

Scholarship Award - Dwinnell-Steffler Scholarship, Canada

Description
Endowed scholarship; applicants are judged on their interest in historical studies, academic achievement in history courses in the first three years, contribution to the history program and a statement of academic and professional goals following completion of an honours degree in history.

Eligibility
Full-time undergraduate students entering Year 4 of the Honours History program; minimum cumulative GPA of 9.00 (B+) at end of Year 3

Application Procedure
You may contact the scholarship administrator to obtain further information of the scholarship application process

Submission Deadline
1 September 2012

Website Link
http://www.wlu.ca/student_awards_search/story.php?id=850

Scholarship for College - The Mitchell Scholarship Program, USA

Description
The Mitchell Scholarship award were established in 1994 by U.S. Senator George J. Mitchell. One of Senator Mitchell's highest priorities is to expand and improve opportunities for the education of young people in Maine. The Mitchell Institute awards a scholarship to a graduating senior from every public high school in Maine. Each scholarship award is in the amount of up to $6,000 (i.e., $1,500 for each year of college).

The focus of the Mitchell Institute has always been, and continues to be, Maine students attending Maine colleges and universities. In an effort to help as many Maine students as possible obtain a higher education, the Mitchell Institute has some scholarships available for Maine students planning to attend college out of state.

Eligibility Criteria
The following are the main criteria to be considered in this scholarship award: academic performance/potential, a record of community service, and financial need. Each applicant must be a legal resident of Maine and must plan to attend a four-year or two-year degree program at an accredited college or university. He or she must also be a graduating senior from a public high school in Maine. Applicants must be planning to enter their first year of college in September of the year of their application for the scholarship.

Application Procedure
You may obtain complete information of the scholarship application process by sending email to Jared Cash, Scholarship Director at jcash@mitchellinstitute.org.

Submission Deadline
Please contact the scholarship administrator

Website Link
http://www.mitchellinstitute.org/scholarships.html

Scholarship Award - Donald S. Barrie Award By PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF), USA

Description
The Donald S. Barrie Award is presented annually at the PMI Global Congress—North America by the Project Management Institute Educational Foundation in conjunction with the former PMI Design-Procurement-Construction Specific Interest Group (DPC SIG). The selection of the recipient(s) for the award will be done by a panel of knowledgeable industrial and academic professionals recommended by the leadership of the former DPC SIG and approved by the PMI Educational Foundation.

The winner of the scholarship award receives $500 (US) and prominent publicity at a session of the North America Congress as well as publicity in PMI Today and the DPC newsletter.

Eligibility
The panel will recommend the award for the paper which best meets the following criteria:

• The paper advances the PMBOK® Guide in the field of design, procurement and/or construction by providing a useful contribution to the engineering and construction industry.
• In general, the paper should present a pragmatic approach to engineering Degree and construction issues.
• The paper is to be focused on one or more of the following areas: engineering and construction means and methods,  project organizations and delivery systems, engineering and construction performance,   cost, schedule, and progress controls

Application Procedure
Full papers should be submitted to PMI Educational Foundation, 14 Campus Boulevard, Newtown Square, PA 19073 USA; or electronically to pmief@pmi.org.

Submission Deadline
15 December 2012.

Website Link
http://www.pmi.org/pmief/scholarship/award-dsba.asp

Entrance Scholarship At Ryerson University - International Student Merit Scholarships, Canada

Description
Ryerson University offers entrance scholarships to qualified students entering their first year of study. For detailed information/eligibility criteria or to print a copy of an application click on Yes beside the scholarship you are interested in. Scholarships that require an application can be submitted before you receive your official Admission Offer.

The International Student Merit Scholarship award Open to International applicants entering year one of a full-time four-year undergraduate degree program in Fall 2012. 

Eligibility

1. Be currently enrolled full-time (minimum of three Ontario grade 12 U/M courses or Canadian provincial equivalent within the 2011-12 regular school year) in a Canadian secondary school;
2. Have been continuously enrolled full-time (no gaps in full-time attendance prior to the 2011-12 regular school year);
3. Be enrolling in a postsecondary institution for the first time;
4. Have submitted an active application to a full-time undergraduate four-year degree program at Ryerson via the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) application process by May 1, 2012.

Application Procedure
Please find the scholarship application link at the official site below.

Submission Deadline
April every year

Website Link
http://www.ryerson.ca/currentstudents/awards/entrance/index.html

Doctoral Research Grant Scholarship By PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF), USA

Description
PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF), a charitable non-profit organization, is proud to announce its new program for Doctoral Research Grants in project, program, and/or portfolio management through funding by an anonymous donor. Applications will be accepted from both full-time and part-time doctoral students at accredited colleges and universities. Requests for proposals will be made and grants awarded twice each year.

Eligibility

• Doctoral Students attending an accredited college/university are eligible for PMI Educational Foundation Doctoral Research Grant funding. Independent consultants or consulting firms and other for-profit enterprises are ineligible.  No grants are made directly to individuals. Candidates must provide the name of the college/university’s accrediting body.
• Part-time and full-time doctoral students are encouraged to apply.
• Grants will be given twice a year.  All proposals will be evaluated using a formal review process before the final selections are made.
• Research must be completed within two years of receipt of the grant.
• Applicants are subject to be checked against the Specially Designated Nationals List of the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control
• Proposed research must advance academic knowledge and have implications for practice.
• Historical research will not be considered.
• Non-doctoral researchers are not eligible to apply for a PMI Educational Foundation doctoral research grant. However, these researchers may be eligible to apply for the PMI Sponsored Research Program Grant, administered by the PMI Academic Resources Department. Click here for more information.  However, students who receive a PMI Sponsored Research Grant are ineligible to receive a PMIEF Doctoral Research Grant Program Award on the same topic in the same year.

Application Procedure
To apply this scholarship research you are required to submit the following documents:

• Doctoral Research Grant Proposal Cover Sheet
• A statement on how the funding will enhance the proposed research in ways that may not have been possible otherwise and how that enhancement will influence the field of project, program, and/or portfolio management.
• Proposal
• Budget
• Bibliography/Work Cited

Please submit proposal electronically with “Response to Doctoral Research RFP” in subject line of the accompanying email to Andrew Stitt, PMIEF Associate at pmief@pmi.org

Further information of the scholarship application can be seen at the official site below.

Website Link
http://www.pmi.org/pmief/scholarship/doctoral-research.asp#appprocess

Scholarship Award of target-stuff-scholarships-2012, USA

Description
Though tuition (and books) are important, there are other expenses when you  go to school.  The weekly trip to Target will be a sacred thing and you sure as heck will want money to spend.  Target Stuff Scholarship will help you with those miscellaneous items (from ramen to underwear to flip flops).

College is about sharing a bathroom with strangers, figuring out your laundry, and firing angry birds at pig houses.  These 16 scholarship awards give you the stuff you need to be the best at that stuff.

Eligibility
Interested students should be full-time students at a four year (or two year) college/university.

Application Procedure
Please visit the link below to apply

Submission Deadline
August 1, August 22, and September 12

Website Link
https://apps.facebook.com/targetscholarships/